Mr. Newhouse successfully completed training and was sworn in as a Peace Corps Volunteer on September 1st, 2007. The Peace Corps placed him in Assomada on the island of Santiago, the third largest city in the country with approximately 20,000 people.

- People to water cycle [2] (jpg of several viable projects and how they relate to people’s daily needs),

o Designed and built, with PCV Nicholas Hanson, co-workers and over 100 students at the technical school, three prototype models of a small-scale solar desalination unit as plausible resolution to dangerously arid climate [3]

o Designed and built a prototype solar hot water heater (untested)

- Registered Desol Ltd. - a company to import renewable energy technology and educate Capeverdeans on installation and maintenance of systems (only registered the company, never involved financial transaction to conform with Peace Corps regulations)(ongoing project)

o Co-wrote a 150-hour renewable energy course to implement into technical school curriculum, per request of the National Technical School Administration.

o Designed and presented a national renewable energy implementation strategy (Desol business plan) to the Minister of Energy and Industry (ongoing project)

- Discovered that by crushing glass bottles in a concrete mixer, the result cuts down the amount of sand needed to do stucco work (viable alternative to diminishing sand problem)

Film

- Filmed, edited and produced twenty-four films with students, counterparts and other Peace Corps Volunteers. Thirteen of the better films are listed below in chronological order. Films can be found online at [4]:

o Armed Social Work[16]. (388 words). About how the budget of Peace Corps compares to the recruiting budget of the Army, an organization adapting a Peace Corps approach to working in conflicted areas.

o A Steady Job[17]. (1009 words). What do people need to live? Here’s one answer that came to mind after I met a man named Alexandre from The Gambia.

o Philosophers will be Kings[18]. (254 words). There are three perpetual entities in the world and three possible ways our world could end. They are related. I think it is important we figure out how to learn about how best to avoid these potential disasters and of course, figure how to continue to raise the quality of life along the way.

o From Debt to Dirt[19]. (484 words). While you read these words, take a minute to count the ways you are climbing further into debt. That sucks. We need to rethink our lifestyle of dependency.

o Everything You Think is True[20]. (815 words). Each of us live in two worlds: the world in our head that consists of our thoughts and our memories. And the world that we all live in together. This consists of our physical world, our human society. One of the objectives for all people is to make the effort to make the physical world as pleasant for as many people as possible. This is the challenge.